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Founded in
1982, Surmet Corporation is a world leader in critical applications
involving surface metallurgy, engineered coatings and advanced optical
ceramics materials. Since its inception, Surmet has been focused on
developing advanced materials solutions for industry
's toughest problems to enable design and making of critical components
of tomorrow’s machines and systems. Surmet,
now in its twenty fifth year of successful operation, has grown to
several facilities, a network of high level engineers and a staff of
dedicated manufacturing technicians, applications engineers and support
personnel. In order to meet the needs of its global markets Surmet is
relentlessly pushing the frontiers of materials technologies with
state-of-the-art manufacturing and testing facilities. Surmet’s
research and development team and senior management are located in our ________________________________________________________________________________ Surmet
Corp. has the following job openings for its Corporate HQ at 1)
Staff Accountant/HR and General Administration:
This is a new position reporting to the Controller/CFO. The person
will be responsible to assist Controller in multiple areas:
finance/accounting, special projects (i.e., selection and implementation
of new accounting systems), human resources and contract administration. Duties
and responsibilities will include accounting support for 4 Quickbook
companies (subsidiaries of Surmet), journal entries, account
reconciliation and analysis, back-up and support for accounts
payable/account receivable functions, support in contract
administration, human resource activities. The
candidate should preferably have an accounting or finance degree or
commensurate work experience in related area. This is a position for a
unique person who has the ability to work independently, excellent
communication skills, creative thinking, ability to work at fast pace
and in a hectic environment will be other necessary skills. Attractive
salary and other benefits included. Please send your resume and application by email to resume@surmet.com 2)
Engineer/Scientist: The person will lead materials and processing
trials, task level management, write reports, support proposal writing.
Materials include ceramic matrix composites and metal matrix composites,
focus on converting technology into products.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead technical work, report writing, task level management, guide
technicians, support program management, technical marketing and
proposal writing; creative thinking and hands-on skills to solve
processing problems
Qualifications: Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering or Materials
Science with 3 years experience involving ceramics and ceramic composite
processing, application engineering, technical writing, program
management, presentations, excellent communication skills, creative
thinking. Attractive salary and other benefits. Please
send your resume and application by email to resume@surmet.com 3)
Technician: The person will be responsible for operation and
maintenance of furnaces and other processing equipment, materials and
processing trials involving ceramic matrix composite and metal matrix
composite materials. Physical and mechanical characterization of
materials.
Duties and Responsibilities: Operate
and maintain materials R&D processing equipment, creative
thinking and hands-on skills to solve processing problems, record data
and procedures via personal computer tools.
Qualifications: Associates degree in Engineering with 5 years hands-on
experience involving materials R&D fiber handling procedures,
process control instrumentation, use of personal computer for data
recording excellent communication skills, creative thinking, team
player. Attractive salary and other benefits. Please
send your resume and application by email to resume@surmet.com 4) Lead
Optical Technician: The
successful candidate will join our optical ceramic manufacturing team.
Duties and responsibiiities will include help and support in the
development of an optical lab, work on process development for Thiabaut
machine (large scale optical ceramic grinding/polishing
machine), help develop transparent armor polishing plan and develop
E-clamp lapping lab. The person will also involve in skill transfer to
and from our other facilities at NY and CA. The candidate will
demonstrate an ability to floor manage optical lab as well as optical
ceramic processing furnaces input and output. Qualifications
and Experience: Should have experience in general machine and
grind/polish shop practices, experience with polishing Sapphire and
equivalent hard ceramic material is required. Some CNC
programming experience will be an added advantage. The
candidate should be able to manage and guide others members of the team to
meet daily, weekly and overall objectives. Attractive salary and other benefits. Please send your
resume and application by email to resume@surmet.com _________________________________________________________________ We have the following THREE job
openings for our Buffalo, NY Facility 1)
R&D Engineer: We are looking for R&D Engineering candidates
to support activates ranging from Materials Research to Process
Development to Process Scale-up. Job responsibilities are as follows: -Plans
and performs project experiments to meet task objectives within ongoing
R&D projects. ·Routinely
and capably performs data reduction, analysis and interpretation. ·Proactively
reports on experimental plans, activities, problems, results and
conclusions to project leaders. Contributes to project/program
reporting. ·Routinely
recommends experimental activities and process/product improvements ·
Assists managers in cost control efforts by analyzing requirements and
suggesting efficient and economical solutions to existing or anticipated
issues. · Keeps
meticulous and regular records in an organized manner. The
successful candidate will have the following qualifications: ·
Minimum B.S. degree in Materials Engineering or related field ·
Demonstrated related job skills from an industrial facility ·
Good interpersonal skills ·
Computer literacy with word processing and spreadsheets Additional
desired skills or capabilities: ·Ceramic
processing knowledge/experience ·
Materials characterization knowledge/experience ·
Health/Safety/Environmental experience ·
Computer and network maintenance training 2)
R&D Technician: We are looking for R&D Technician candidates
to support activates ranging from Materials Research to Process
Development to Process Scale-up. Job responsibilities are as follows: ·Performs
experiments as requested by engineers ·Performs
furnacing and fabrication (i.e., mixing, processing and forming)
processes. ·Properly
operates all measurement devices used by R&D including balances, pH
meters, calipers, micrometers, viscometers, etc. ·
Assists in cost control by minimizing expenses and maintaining work
efficiencies. ·Is
responsible for proper housekeeping in all R&D areas. · Is
responsible for maintaining a safe work place, knowledge of appropriate
MSDS information and all other relevant safety information. · Keeps
meticulous and regular records in an organized manner. ·Communicates
frequently and effectively with the R&D Technicians, Lead, and
engineering team. ·Assists
production efforts and works in the analytical laboratory as required · A.A.S
or B.S. degree in Materials Engineering or Engineering Technology
desired ·
Demonstrated related job skills from an industrial facility · Good
interpersonal skills ·Computer
literacy with word processing and spreadsheets ·
Machine shop experience ·
Analytical laboratory training/experience ·Health/Safety/Environmental
experience ·
Computer and network maintenance training 3)
Operations Technician: We are looking for Operation Technician
candidates to support production activities. Responsibilities are as
follows: ·
Operate equipment, including high temperature furnaces, blenders, mills,
etc. ·
Perform production activities as assigned ·
Collect and record process data as requested ·
Offer suggestions to shift leads and engineers for improvements
related to quality, safety, and efficiency ·
Assist shift leads in monitoring inventory levels for critical raw
materials ·
Assist in performing development activities as requested ·
Cross-train between operations tasks ·
Demonstrated similar experience in a light manufacturing
environment ·
Demonstrated ability to perform multiple operations tasks with minimal
supervision ·
High temperature furnace operations ·
Spray dryer operations ·
Machine shop experience ·
Health/Safety/Environmental experience Please
send your resume and application to resumeNY@surmet.com For all three positions: Principals Only – No Agencies Please! ____________________________________________________________________________________ We are
looking for a suitable candidate for the position of Operations Manager at
Surmet Precision Optics (SPO), Murrieta, CA. SPO is one of the
wholly owned subsidiaries of Surmet Corporation, HQ in Operations
Manager: The candidate will manage our SPO Operations on a
day to day basis to execute on customer funded fabrication, assembly and
other activities of the well equipped facility having state of the art
optics fabrication tools.
Duties and responsibilities will include: To set work priorities working
with program managers and achieve overall goals of Surmet Corporation.
To cross trains people and manage work force; he/she will be responsible
for on time and on budget delivery of products to customers. Will be
responsible for knowing what the status of any product going
through the shop is or at subcontractors/suppliers. Informs Surmet HQ on
a daily basis about progress, problems and needs.
The candidate should have experience in optics fabrication and optical
measurements with hands-on skills to solve processing problems.
Familiarity with Mil-Spec and QC processes of military optics is
desirable.
Desired Qualification: BS or MS degree in Engineering or Materials
Science with 5 years experience in managing an optics fabrication
facility having multiple R & D projects. A position similar to
this, where government contract R& D program deliverables were the
focus of the activities will also be acceptable.
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